Brlymeguy
Active Member
I'm trying to lay a laminate and have found that the walls are kind of wonky. The main, long wall that I am staring on measures close to the same on both ends, but it is curved inward slightly in the middle. Almost a half inch difference in the middle than the edges. I guess I will obviously need to cut my boards to follow this curve, and while that's not a huge problem, my issue is wanting to make sure that even after I do that, the floor runs straight to the eye across the room. The other wall has the same issue, so both the first and last rows will need to be cut to account for this crookedness. I just don't know how to make the first row straight, so that the rest of the boards will be straight until the last cuts on the other end.
I was thinking the answer may be a chalk line, but I already laid the underlayment, and not sure if it would work on it. I have a little laser somewhere I believe. I still don't know how to make sure the straight line runs totally straight to the middle of the room or the eye. Any advice to make sure my first few rows will run straight, regardless of the angled-cut edges? Save a dummy! Ha.
I was thinking the answer may be a chalk line, but I already laid the underlayment, and not sure if it would work on it. I have a little laser somewhere I believe. I still don't know how to make sure the straight line runs totally straight to the middle of the room or the eye. Any advice to make sure my first few rows will run straight, regardless of the angled-cut edges? Save a dummy! Ha.